Nearly a hundred youth commissions and councils are at work in California's cities and counties, contributing their actions, ideas and services to improve their communities. The Collaborative Governance Initiative (CGI) provides a range of resources to support these youth engagement efforts and to help commission and council staff share stories and information with one another.
In this section:
California Youth Commission & Engagement Resources (see pod at right) containing:
Roster of California Youth Commissions and Youth Councils
Youth Commission Briefing Papers that provide background information and ideas for youth commission or council activities and action
List of CGI and other publications on youth commissions and youth engagement
A sampling of youth commission and council charters (in development)
Youth Master Plans from communities throughout California (in development)
Access to archived issues of the Youth Commission Staff E-News our tri-annual, online newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter.
Youth Commission and Council Stories offer a growing number of brief stories about youth commissions and councils in California. To view all the collected stories to date, see the Youth Commissions & Engagement Stories section of our website. There you will also find our Youth In Public Engagement Story Form to add new stories.
Learn how local agencies from around the country are successfully involving youth in the civic, economic and political life of their communities.Read more »
The Institute is grateful to the Surdna Foundation for its support of the Institute's work in youth engagement as part of the Institute's Collaborative Governance Initiative Program.
The report provides an overview of youth leadership and why it is important and shares some of the best practices from organizations that successfully implement youth leadership opportunities
IYEF, a special entity within the National League of Cities (NLC), helps municipal leaders take action on behalf of the children, youth, and families in their communities.
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